Hillary Clinton is an incredible woman who wishes to give every child an opportunity to go to college and study. She also fights for Women’s rights; I think one of the reasons is that Clinton came from a generation that discriminated against women and treated them badly. In her generation‚ a woman didn’t have the right to speak. They couldn’t speak their own mind because they were afraid of the punishment and consequences that came with it‚ even if they did speak they weren’t heard. After many years
Premium Woman Gender Family
Women in the 1920’s Before World War II no one believed women had a place in the military‚ yet women overcame this and helped the United States reach victory. Women felt they needed and wanted to get involved in the war instead of sitting at home‚ taking care of the children‚ cooking dinner‚ and cleaning the house. Women joined military support organizations like the WACs‚ the WAVES and the WASPs. These kinds of organizations contributed immensely toward the United States war effort. Women felt
Premium World War II United States World War I
nominee Hillary Clinton more than 20 years ago and spoke strongly against abortion‚ according to stories recently published by several publications. During the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington in February 1994‚ Mother Teresa met then-U.S. first lady Hillary Clinton and delivered a speech saying abortion is the act of a mother murdering her own child. Hillary‚ who has been an active pro-abortion campaigner‚ was listening to the speech beside her husband‚ then-President Bill Clinton‚ the National
Premium Pregnancy Abortion Fetus
The Civil Rights Movement In the early 1800s many rich Americans owned slaves. The slaves were captured from their home land of Africa. As a slave they were forced to do an abundance of manual labor on white people’s plantations for no pay‚ they were often beaten if they didn’t do as their “owners” told them to do. Many influential people fought to free African American slaves‚ these people included Abraham Lincoln‚ Susan B. Anthony‚ Frederick Douglass‚ and many more. When Abraham Lincoln signed
Premium African American Martin Luther King, Jr. United States
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton was born October 26th 1947‚ at Edgewater Hospital in Chicago. Illinois. She is the oldest of Dorothy and Hugh Rodham’s three children. Hillary was raised in a United Methodist family‚ first in Chicago‚ then from the age of three‚ in Park Ridge‚ Illinois. She went on to earn her law degree at Yale University. She married fellow law school graduate Bill Clinton in 1975. She then served as first lady from 1993 to 2001‚ and then as a U.S. senator from 2001 to 2009. In 2007
Premium Bill Clinton Hillary Rodham Clinton Barack Obama
The Civil Rights Movement began to take off and take greater strides following the Second World War. Prior to the 1950s there had been decades of activity regarding racial equality in the forms of skirmishes‚ but most protests was chaotic. The movement became more organized following the war as other aspects of American culture changed too. Negroes became more organized under influential leaders‚ and civil rights groups such as the NAACP‚ CORE‚ the MFDP‚ and the SLCC gained stronger footholds.
Premium United States African American Martin Luther King, Jr.
prevention to women’s rights to building an economy that helps the middle class get ahead—and stay ahead. Hillary Clinton has proved she’s the candidate who can take on tough fights and get things done. Hillary is a long-time advocate of rights for women and girls‚ equal pay legislation and economic opportunities‚ protecting reproductive rights and access to health services for women regardless of income-level — and so much more! With so many reasons to support Hillary‚ here’s a list of 21 Reasons
Premium Bill Clinton Human rights Hillary Rodham Clinton
The civil rights movement in the 1950s was a very controversial and important time in not only this nation’s history but in world history. Leaders from within the African American community like Malcolm X‚ Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Rosa Parks‚ and many others had been pivotal people during this time. Although there is still a fair amount of inequality and injustice between races to this day‚ it is not the equivalent of what people had to fight to achieve what they believed. Groups in the 1950s had
Premium African American Black people Martin Luther King
There cause came to be known as the Civil Rights Movement. The term Civil Rights Movement encompasses strategies‚ groups‚ and movements in the united States contained goals to end racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and the 1960s was a time when African Americans first began to fight against segregation in the South leading to the nationwide battle for economic equality. The Civil Rights Movement was also a way to secure the legal
Premium African American Martin Luther King, Jr. United States
goal of the Civil Rights Movement‚ led by Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ was to end legal segregation and to integrate society. His strategy to achieve these goals was non-violent protest. By the end of the 1960s‚ the Civil Rights Movement moved from integration to black separatism‚ and the strategy of the movement changed from non-violent methods to a militant style of protest. This change in strategy had a deep impact in the opinions and support of white people for the Civil Rights Movement. King’s
Premium African American Black people Race